The Department of Energy announced that it has issued two notices of intent to provide nearly $3 billion to boost the production of advanced batteries that it envisions will be widely used in clean energy industries of the future. The intention is to fund battery materials refining and production plants, battery cell and pack manufacturing […]
John Sherman, the Department of Defense’s chief information officer, said that defending assets in space from cyberthreats is a growing source of concern in view of the rise of near-peer adversaries like China and Russia. In response to such threats, the DOD is taking take into consideration the security of its space assets when developing […]
Colorado Springs-headquartered Aleut Aerospace Engineering announced that it has been selected to provide training services to the Space Force’s 319th Combat Training Squadron and 533rd Training Squadron. The firm-fixed-price task order calls for the delivery of training services in support of tactical, operational, strategic, joint and coalition space operations, Aleut said Friday. Under the deal, the company will […]
Spire Global announced that it has received an over $8 million award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to provide commercially available space-based radio occultation data for use in operational weather forecasts. The award, which represents the single largest U.S. government purchase of commercial, operational RO data, was awarded as part of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Delivery […]
Boston-headquartered DataRobot announced that it has been selected as an “AI partner” under a five-year $249 million-ceiling Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded by the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The deal calls for the transformation of AI throughout the DOD ecosystem by providing a proprietary AI Cloud platform and services to accelerate the government’s […]
A senior Department of Veterans Affairs official on Thursday revealed that the vast majority of high-priority datasets that are being transferred to two platforms forming the backbone of the Electronic Health Record Modernization effort has already been standardized. The uniform transfer of data to the Cerner Millennium and HealtheIntent platforms has required the EHRM Integration […]
Google Cloud announced that it has been selected by the Defense Intelligence Unit to provide secure cloud management services throughout the organization. The DIU also ran pilots with Zscaler and McAfee Public Sector for multi-cloud management services before ultimately choosing Google Cloud’s offering, FedScoop reported Thursday. In a statement, Google Cloud said its solution, which […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center‘s director on Tuesday revealed efforts to develop a joint operating system to help combatant commands build and field artificial intelligence algorithms rapidly. The effort is a part of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Initiative, which will see teams of AI experts being sent out to the U.S. armed forces’ 11 […]
The Space Force is mulling the establishment of a collaboration with the private sector to help clean up the growing volume of debris in orbit, the vice chief of space operations revealed. Gen. David Thompson said that while addressing space debris is not within the mandate of America’s newest military service, it is committed to […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has selected two science missions to help improve human understanding of the dynamics of the sun, the sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. The Multi-Slit Solar Explorer and HelioSwarm missions are intended to supply scientists with a greater understanding of the universe and offer […]
